Smoking device



April 22, 1941- F. s. MILLER 2,239,048

SMOKING DEVICE Filed April 11, 1938 3nnentor [1 62 121% d flfz'llei, m

(Ittorneg Patented Apr. 22, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in smoking devices the peculiarities of which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

The main object of this invention is to provide means to avoid any flow of saliva into the mouthpiece of a pipe, end of a cigarette, a cigar or any other article being held in the mouth of a smoker, whereby a dry smoke is drawn into the mouth unmixed with returned saliva and nicotine that usually is present; second, for dry smoke means forming an attachment adapted to be applied to the tip end of a pipe or other tobacco burning article being used by the smoker; third, for an expansible sleeve on said attachment that is adapted for use with a cigar or cigarette as well as with the mouthpiece of a pipe; and other objects and features of construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing in which like reference numerals indicate corresponding parts- Fig. 1 represents a side view of an attachment device as one means embodying my invention;

Fig. 2, a side view of a pipe having such attachment as shown in Fig. 1 applied to the mouthpiece;

Fig. 3, an enlarged horizontal section of Fig. 2 on the line 3-3 showing a compressible terminal tip;

Fig. 4, a similar sectional view showing a modified form of attachment device applied to a cigarette;

Fig. 5, a similar view of the attachment device applied to a cigar; and

Fig. 6, a similar horizontal section of the mouthpiece of a pipe showing my dry smoke improvement applied directly to a pipe.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral I indicates the mouthpiece of a pipe having the usual smoke flue 2 for drawing smoke from the bowl 3 containing burning tobacco.

In the attachment device form of my invention, walls 4 form a draft passage 5 in a lateral outside boss 6 directly adjacent the inner end of a pipe or the like. This passage in use is inclined upward into a hemispherical chamber 1, the walls 8 of which form a dome over the tip end of said mouthpiece and communicating with the smoke flue 2. A tubular sleeve extension 9 is adapted to enclose and grip the outside of said mouthpiece by the elastic resiliency of the rubber of which said sleeve is preferably made. The opposite head end In is solid and has the usual terminal lips H for engagement by the teeth of the smoker. This solid head end l0 may have terminal lips or stops II as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, or these lips may be dispensed with as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, since the resilient rubber is easily compressed by the engagement of the teeth therewith. The smokers lips close upon said sleeve 9 as indicated by dotted lines Fig. 2, and the draft passage 5 directs the smoke down or side ways behind the lips and in front of the teeth that engage the terminal end. This seems the preferred position for locating the draft passage although it can be otherwise directed by rotating the attachment on the mouthpiece. The draft passage 5 and the communicating smoke flue 2 are thus kept practically free from saliva, as the natural droop of the pipe from the lips causes the draft passage to slope upward inwardly and practically prevents any saliva passing into the smoke flue 2. Since the saliva collects mainly in the mouth space between the tongue and the teeth and little if any collects between the teeth and the lips where the draft passage 5 is positioned, in the use of my device this inlet of the passage avoids contact with saliva whether the passage is inclined upward inwardly towards the terminal end or is otherwise adjustably located in use. This passage 5 is the only outlet of the chamber 8 for the smoke and is guarded from entrance of saliva not only by its reverse direction towards the head end forming the terminal tip of my device, but by its location between the terminal end engaged by the teeth, and the sleeve extension 9 engaged by the lips as indicated in Fig. 2. Since the sleeve extension 9 is readily rotated on the end of the pipe, cigarette or cigar, the entrance to the passage 5 is easily positioned in use with the passage inclined inward and upward as stated as in Fig. 2, or otherwise positioned, the smoke from the burning tobacco finds unobstructed outlet therefrom, and is not subject to the entrance of any excess saliva, since such saliva is not found in excess normally just inside of the lips of the smoker where my construction positions the entrance end of this reversed passage, Which is its preferred direction.

The head end i0 is solid beyond the chamber 1 and avoids collapse of the chamber in use. A shoulder in said chamber forms a limit stop l3 for engagement by the pipe end or the like to limit its insertion and keep the draft passage 5 open when said end is pushed into the sleeve as indicated in the drawing.

This sleeve tapers slightly so as to grip a cigarette when inserted therein as shown in Fig. 4, and its elasticity allows it to be expanded and grip the end of a cigar pushed therein as indicated in Fig. 5.

Fig. 6 shows walls 4 in the side of a mouthpiece forming a draft passage 5 directly in the pipe stem and communicating with the smoke flue 2 without the interposed chamber 1. The tip end of the mouthpiece in this form is closed by a plug M of adhesive cement or other suitable material as shown in Fig. 6. The preferred form of my device, however, is that shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive having the draft passage 5 formed by the walls 4 in the attachment device above described. It is evident that such a device as described, can be readily applied to a pipe, a cigarette or a cigar as indicated, and

moistening the end of any of these is avoided,

by the said sleeve extension 9, besides providing a dry smoke as described.

I do not confine mystelf to the exact construction herein shown except by the appended claims.

1 claim:

1. A smoking device comprising an elongated body having an enlarged chamber formed in the forward portion thereof with a tubular sleeve extending forwardly therefrom for engaging an end portion of a smoking article, said body having a teeth engaging stop at the rearward end thereof, said body having a lateral draft passage therein extending from said chamber to a point spaced forwardly thereof a sufficient distance whereby the teeth of the smoker may engage the lgack end portion of said body forwardly of the stop end behind the mouth end of said draft passage and the lips of thesmoker may simultaneously engage a portion of the sleeve in advance of the passage.

2. A smoking device comprising an elastic body having an enlarged chamber formed therein with a tubular elastic sleeve extending forwardly from said chamber in position to embrace an end portion of a smoking article, said body having a draft passage therein extending laterally from said chamber at an acute angle to the axis of the sleeve to a point spaced forwardly of the chamher a substantial distance, with a non-perforated substantially annular teeth-engaging rear end portion on the body back of the forward end of said draft passage.

3. A smoking device comprising an elongated body having means at the inner end thereof for holding the same gripped between the teeth, said body having a chamber formed therein with a tubular sleeve projecting forwardly from the outer end of the body in position to embrace an end portion of a smoking article, said body having a draft passage therein extending laterally from said chamber at one side thereof to a point adjacent the outer end of the body at one side thereof a substantial distance from the holding means and with a solid teeth-engaging portion of the body between said holding means and the chamber, and a stop on said body behind the outer end of said passage to prevent overlapping of the end of the passage by the teeth.

FRANK S. MILLER. 

